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48 Document No. 11. [Session
effort to promote the comfort and recovery of toe patientH,
and the general welfare of the Asylum.
Supervis'or.
It shall be the duty of the Supervisor or cliief attendant to
see that the moral treatment of the patients, and the conduct
of the attendants conform in all respects to these by-laws and
the instructions of the Superintendent and Assistant Physician.
He shall always be present when food or medicine is admin-istered
coercively ; and he shall invariably be present when
f'r^straint is applied, and when patients take their baths. He
shall keep a faithful list or record of the patients' clothes, and
also frequently pass through the different wards, aiding and
encouraging the Attendants in their efforts to amuse or employ
the patients ; and in every way, indeed, endeavor to promote
the good order and discipline of the Asylum, by seeing that
the Superintendent's or Assistant Physician's instructions
in reference to occupation and exercise are faithfully and
cautiously fulfilled, and by guarding against disturbances,
fcscapes, suicides, exposure, &c. He shall also wait upon
visitors when called on for that purpose, and perform any
other service required of him.
Attendants.
The Attendants shall treat the patients with uniform at-tention
and respect—greet them with friendly salutations,
and exhibit such other marks of kindness and good will as
evince interest and sympathy. They shall speak in a mild,
persuasive tone of voice, and never address a patient coarsely
or by a nick-name.
On arising in the morning, every Attendant shall see that
e.-ich patient confided to his or her care is washed, hair combed
And that he or she is decently dressed for the day. Atten-tion
shall be given to the person and dress of each patient

48 Document No. 11. [Session
effort to promote the comfort and recovery of toe patientH,
and the general welfare of the Asylum.
Supervis'or.
It shall be the duty of the Supervisor or cliief attendant to
see that the moral treatment of the patients, and the conduct
of the attendants conform in all respects to these by-laws and
the instructions of the Superintendent and Assistant Physician.
He shall always be present when food or medicine is admin-istered
coercively ; and he shall invariably be present when
f'r^straint is applied, and when patients take their baths. He
shall keep a faithful list or record of the patients' clothes, and
also frequently pass through the different wards, aiding and
encouraging the Attendants in their efforts to amuse or employ
the patients ; and in every way, indeed, endeavor to promote
the good order and discipline of the Asylum, by seeing that
the Superintendent's or Assistant Physician's instructions
in reference to occupation and exercise are faithfully and
cautiously fulfilled, and by guarding against disturbances,
fcscapes, suicides, exposure, &c. He shall also wait upon
visitors when called on for that purpose, and perform any
other service required of him.
Attendants.
The Attendants shall treat the patients with uniform at-tention
and respect—greet them with friendly salutations,
and exhibit such other marks of kindness and good will as
evince interest and sympathy. They shall speak in a mild,
persuasive tone of voice, and never address a patient coarsely
or by a nick-name.
On arising in the morning, every Attendant shall see that
e.-ich patient confided to his or her care is washed, hair combed
And that he or she is decently dressed for the day. Atten-tion
shall be given to the person and dress of each patient